Is work exp. absolutely important for an MBA ?

Discuss Is work exp. absolutely important for an MBA ? within the HOT Debates - The Big Fight forums, part of the Management Students Voices ( MBA,BMS,MMS,BMM,BBA) category; I believe it is for a person has to decide whether he is equipped enough to cope up in the ...

I believe it is for a person has to decide whether he is equipped enough to cope up in the corporate world with theory alone ..... if not then the experience backed with theory is the ideal combination .... where a person knows how to practically do some job.... then he learns theory & understands the relevance, drop the useless parts, sum it up with new skills & new techniques learned then apply it again to practice n see the diff.

Its best to have a good amount of work experience for an MBA to be useful, work experience is essential. However, if you don't have the right amout of work experience you could got for a business masters that is not an MBA. Grenoble offers several masters degree programme that require limited work experience such as Master in International Business (MIB), MSc in Finance, MSc in Marketing (Dual Award), MSc in Management Consulting and even an MSc in Fashion Design and Luxury Management. You can find out more information on the Grenoble school page . There you'll also be able to read about student experiences.

when you goes to an interview then that time its a 2 or 3rd question to you that have you experience?
but if you dont have then they think its a liablity but it happen in a small firm so if you will go in big firm then they will see your ability

i advocates some experience before an mba prog. help in better understanding management concept. One can realize the practicability of management concept used in corporate world.
Experience makes a person a finished candidate after passing out MBA prog. He can make better decision than his fresh fellow candidates.